1 DIDIER MASSARD Born September 4, 1953 Currently resides in

DIDIER MASSARD
Born September 4, 1953
Currently resides in Paris, France
Education
1975
French Baccalaureat / Degree of Art and Archaeology, University of Paris
Professional Experience
1974 / 75
1975 - 1999
1987- present
Assistant to Henri Langlois, Director of the French Cinemathèque
Commercial Photographer, clients include Vogue, Elle, Traveler, L’Oréal,
Air France, Chanel, Christofle, Hermes, Cartier.
Development of a series of table top photographs conceived and created in
the studio.
Solo Exhibitions
2009
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2000
1999
1998
Artifices Galeria Hartmann, Barcelona, Spain.
Didier Massard Robert Klein Gallery, Boston
Territories Julie Saul Gallery, New York
Jardins Imaginaires Théâtre de l’Agora, Evry, France.
Didier Massard Galerie Le Café Français, Bruxelles, Belgium.
Horizons Artificiels Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris.
Images FNAC Genève, Switzerland.
Artificial Paradise Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
Images FNAC Etoile, Paris.
Imaginary Journeys Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles.
Winter Julie Saul Gallery, New York.
Imaginary Journeys Julie Saul Gallery, New York.
Imaginary Journeys Robert Klein Gallery, Boston.
Group Exhibitions ( Selection)
2009
2008
2007
Bestiaire Imaginaire, autour de Didier Massard Galerie Baudoin Lebon,
Paris.
La grande traversée / Horizons photographiques - Oeuvres du Fond
National d’Art Contemporain, Musée de la Gaspésie, Canada.
Stretching up the Truth John Michael Kohler Arts Center,
Sheboygan, USA.
Images au Centre 2007, Arbres, des regards photographiques
Chateau de Fougères-sur-Bièvre, France.
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2004
Paisagem Artificial Encontros da Imagem, Braga , Portugal.
2003
Enchanted Evening Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York.
Sylva, A Tree Show Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, New York.
Constructed Realities Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas.
2002
Into the Woods Julie Saul Gallery, New York.
Invented Reality Photo-Eye Gallery, Santa Fe.
Follies: Fantasy in the Landscape The Parrish Art Museum,
Southampton.
Le Printemps de Septembre Toulouse, France.
How the West Won CMC Gallery, Santa Fe.
Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, Holland.
2001
2000
Society of Contemporary Photography, Kansas City.
Modern Times III Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, Sweden
1999
Starry Night: A Winter Group Exhibition Carol Ehlers Gallery, Ltd.
Full Exposure Summit Art Center, Summit.
Views from the Edge of the World Marlborough Chelsea, New York.
L’ Enfance de l’Art Galerie Piltzer, Paris.
1998
Nicole Klagsburn Gallery, New York.
1987
Salon d’Automne. Paris.
1981
Gallery La Tour de Nelse, Paris.
1976
Gallery II Diaframma, Milan.
Public Collections
Banco Espirito Santo, Lisbonne
Bloomingdales, New York
Citibank, New York
Davis, Polk and Wardwell, New York
Deutsche Bank, New York
Collection FNAC,Paris
Fond National d’Art Contemporain, Paris
GDF-SUEZ, Paris
Musée d’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Reader’s Digest Collection
SEI Investments, Pennsylvania
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The Progressive Corporation, Cleveland
The Equitable Corporation, New York
U.S. Trust, New York
Publications and Reviews (Selection)
2008
Vernissage, Oct-Nov 2008. “ Didier Massard. L’Invention des Images”
Elle Décor USA, April-May “ Art show/Didier Massard ”
2007
Newsweek, Dec.10, 2007. Peter Plagens: “ Is Photography dead ? ”
Zoom International, July-August 2007 Exhibition / Didier Massard.
The New Yorker, June 25, 2007 Didier Massard.
The New Yorker, May 14, 2007
The New York Times, June 15, 2007. Martha Schwendener, Art in Review,
Didier Massard.
Le Monde 2, N°152, 13-19 Janvier 2007 “ Univers imaginaires à Evry ”.
2005
Libération Hors-Série Photographie, Nov-Déc 2005 “ L’affaire de la
vraie-fausse photo ”.
Connaissance des Arts Spécial Photo, France, March-June 2005.
Photo Magazine 03/2005 France,” “Le royaume éternel de Didier Massard”
Palace, Paris 03/2005 “Paradis enchantés”
Zurban, Paris “Paradis perdus”3/09/2005
Le Monde 2, France 2/26 “L’univers improbable du rhinoceros”
2004
Jalouse, France , 01/2004 Charlotte Léouzon “Nirvanart”
2003
Zoom International, Nov-Dec.2003 “Didier Massard”- Portfolio
Le Photographe, Dec. 2003 “L’illusion du numérique,”
ArtNews, November 2003 Sheets, Hilarie M. “Didier Massard,”,
The New Yorker 9/22/03
Departures 9/03 “Shangri-la”.
Le Figaro, France, Feb.03
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2002
Review, May/June McGraw, Hesse, “Fiction and History: A Science of
Disputed Signs”.
The Kansas City Star, May 3 Thorson, Alice, “Everything Here Is Not What It
Seems”.
2000
Los Angeles Times, 4/00 David Posel, “Imaginary Journeys”
Time Out , July 13 Griffin, Tim, “Architectural Constructs in Contemporary
Photography,”
Beaux Art Magazine, January Benhamou-Huet, Judith, “Paris-Photo, Bilan
Révélateur,”
1999
New York Times, 3/26/99 Roberta Smith, “Views From the Edge of the
World”.
Photo Magazine, Paris, France, 3/99
1998
New York Times, 6/26/98 Roberta Smith, Imaginary Journeys.
Time Out, 6/25/98 Martha Schwendender, “Imaginary Journeys”.
Bibliography
2008
Artifices, monograph, éditions Gourcuff Gradenigo, Paris.
2006
Déambulations II, Philippe le Guillou, “ Le Royaume Enchanté de Didier
Massard”, Essay, Éditions Pygmalion, France.
2004
Encontros da Imagem , Exhibition Catalogue, Braga , Portugal. .
2002
Images ,monograph, Éditions Le Passage, Paris.
2001
Printemps de Septembre 2001, Exhibition catalogue, Éditions Acte Sud, France.
2001
Noorderlicht Photofestival 2001, Exhibition Catalogue, Groningen, Holland.
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